Began gathering brainstorming ideas from the weekend
Jotted down ideas on how to accomplish the tasks
9th
Looked at the game more specifically and tried to determine what to do
Began assigning prototypes and potential deadlines for different people to lead
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Week 2 (September 15 - 21)
15th
Updates
Week 3 (September 22 - 28)
22nd
Updates
27th
-Began redesign of wrist motion
-Design of making the igus rod maintain the weight of the claw rather than having the servo do the job.
-Design including bearings in PVC to hold the igus rod straight
-Designed piano-wire lock system.
-Designed metal sheet-warp to secure servo to structure
28th
-Made PVC parts for holding the bearings.
-Designed plate for holding the rod for the wrist-attitude motion.
Week 4 (September 29 - October 5)
29th
Updates
4th
- Worked on making the wrist altitude motion
- Duplication of wrist rotation model, drill holes and recreated the same structure.
- Replaced plate idea with extended PVC
5th
-Redid the attachment of igus rod to the rod, using instead an L-shape wood in order to rotate on center of mass
-Made hole for the bolt holding claw to the metal arm channel, first integration
-Tested for center of mass, find its location
-Made PVC parts for the rod to reach center of mass.
-Decided between alternatives of mounting the rotation box sideways or upright.
-Alternatives in the beginning orientation of the claw in terms of rotation.
Week 5 (October 6 - 12)
6th
Updates
8th
-Inserted lock for the igus rod on the rotation box
-Made second hole for bolt for attachment of the claw to the metal arm channel
-Tested claw capabilities, analyzed potential of grabbing one/two pegs at once
-Made adjustment to servo orientations
-Cut off excess metal
-Cut off excess bolt lengths to lessen the weight
9th
- Trimmed the PVC and metal channel contact
- Fixed 120 degree rotation issue
- Remade potential-meter bracket angle
10th
- More testing on the field regarding how servos react to picking up objectives slanted
- Cut off excess metal channel length
- Marked final servo orientation
- Decision to make groves in claw.
Team Leads:
Objectives:
Progress Updates:
Pre-Season:
Week 1 (September 8 - 14)
Week 2 (September 15 - 21)
Week 3 (September 22 - 28)
-Design of making the igus rod maintain the weight of the claw rather than having the servo do the job.
-Design including bearings in PVC to hold the igus rod straight
-Designed piano-wire lock system.
-Designed metal sheet-warp to secure servo to structure
-Designed plate for holding the rod for the wrist-attitude motion.
Week 4 (September 29 - October 5)
- Duplication of wrist rotation model, drill holes and recreated the same structure.
- Replaced plate idea with extended PVC
-Made hole for the bolt holding claw to the metal arm channel, first integration
-Tested for center of mass, find its location
-Made PVC parts for the rod to reach center of mass.
-Decided between alternatives of mounting the rotation box sideways or upright.
-Alternatives in the beginning orientation of the claw in terms of rotation.
Week 5 (October 6 - 12)
-Made second hole for bolt for attachment of the claw to the metal arm channel
-Tested claw capabilities, analyzed potential of grabbing one/two pegs at once
-Made adjustment to servo orientations
-Cut off excess metal
-Cut off excess bolt lengths to lessen the weight
- Fixed 120 degree rotation issue
- Remade potential-meter bracket angle
- Cut off excess metal channel length
- Marked final servo orientation
- Decision to make groves in claw.
Week 6 (October 13 - 19)